Knowledges: Culture, Counterculture, Subculture - Softcover

Worsley, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565845552 ISBN 13: 9781565845558

Verlag: NEW PR, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

Unusual book

Über diesen Titel

Reseña del editor

Called "a classic study" by Booklist, this engaging inquiry into the nature of knowledge shows that "Western science" and "primitive beliefs" may not be so far apart as they seem. Renowned anthropologist and sociologist Peter Worsley begins Knowledges with his ongoing investigation of Australian aboriginal approaches to science and the natural world, and goes on to shatter conventional distinctions between science and culture, knowledge and belief. On the way, Worsley treats us to a lively and accessible examination of pre-European navigation of the Pacific, Western medicine, sub- and countercultures, nationalism, religion, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the iconology of Disneyland.

Biografía del autor

Twice president of the British Sociological Association, Peter Worsley is the author of the classic study of "cargo cults" in the Pacific, The Trumpet Shall Sound. His book The Third World introduced that term into everyday use. He is also the author of the bestselling textbook Introducing Sociology. He lives in London.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: NEW PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1565845552
• ISBN 13: 9781565845558
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 416